Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down their state convention and now must resume the event to complete a list of 31 delegates to the GOP national convention.

Outnumbered supporters of expected Republican presidential nominee John McCain faced off Saturday against well-organized Paul supporters. A large share of the more than 1,300 state convention delegates enabled Paul supporters to get a rule change positioning them for more national convention delegate slots than expected.

"I've seen factions walk out. I've never seen a party walk out," said Jeff Greenspan, regional coordinator for the Paul campaign.

They have no idea what freedom of religion is. A lot of them actually believe that the Founders meant it to be only for christians. You can't show them any different no matter how hard you try. They talk as if gawd wrote the Constitution and had Moses deliver it to the Continental Congress...It makes my head hurt.